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ROAD DOGGIN’ WITH ERIN WASSON AND CREAM
Model Erin Wasson with Cream: on rescue pits and tough love.
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ROAD DOGGIN’ WITH ERIN WASSON AND CREAM
Erin Wasson is often described as a “model”, “designer”, and “muse”. What does this really mean? Sure, she slays the runway in shredded denim, but she can also design said denim, and jewellery, and entire collections for brands like RVCA and PacSun—and she’s built her own lines of apparel and accessories from the ground up. She once described herself as “jack of all trades, master of none”, which is refreshingly down-home and humble for someone in an industry of big egos and blag. Another thing to note: Wasson is an animal activist and dog lover. Her long-time ride-or-die is a ruddy pit bull called Cream. Originally from Texas and now based in L.A., Wasson has been rescuing and raising animals since she was a kid. These days, she’s passionate about the Best Friends Animal Society, rides horses like a pro, and spends time with her four-legged pal. Wasson welcomed us into her Venice Beach bungalow for a hang session and some good conversation.
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You can read the complete interview in Four&Sons, Issue Four.
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Photography by Curtis Buchanan
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ISSUE SEVEN — OUT NOW
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This issue is about the joy of looking from the outside in. We tap into the routines (and peek inside the houses) of human–dog relationships around Tokyo. We ponder the age-old connection between dogs and horses. We journey with a wild mutt from New York to Zurich. We chuckle over poop-scoop habits around the world. There’s a lot to laugh about in this issue. Be it The McCartney’s pics of dogs in heels, artist Al Taylor’s wee art, John Bond’s drawings (feat a puppy pretzel!) or artist Wilfrid Wood’s bloated dog heads. All this, and more, inside the covers.
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Under the cover of darkness
by Emma Guthrie
Death and wilderness play a key role in Lorna Evan’s haunting photography.
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Best of breeds
by Emma Guthrie
Sipke Visser’s new book lifts the lid on the fascinating world of dog shows.
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HOME IS WHERE THE DOG IS
by Jessa Shields
Over nearly two decades of photographing dream houses, Sara Essex Bradley spotted the common link between her favourite shots: the family dog.
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GO JIMMY GO!
When Rafael Mantesso’s wife left him on his 30th birthday, she inadvertently kickstarted his career. Left with nothing but the (former) couple’s bull terrier, Jimmy,in an empty white apartment, Mantesso, a visual artist, began taking pictures of the pooch and doodling with a black marker on the wall behind him. Fast-forward three years, and the two best friends have over 600,000 Instagram followers and a New York Times bestselling book. Next up? Jimmy is getting his own animated YouTube series called Go Jimmy Go! Tune in.
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CONNECT THE DOTS
If impressionist artist Georges Seurat was around today, we think he’d love Yoni Alter’s work. Alter, an Israeli-British graphic designer, has a skill for bringing together a bunch of different sized dots and arranging them in such a way that they resemble a dog’s face. Looking at the colourful scattering of circles, our clever brains draw on memory and experience to fill in the gaps and deduce what we’re seeing, right down to the particulars of which breed this happy pooch might be. How cool is science? Almost as cool as Alter’s dotty dogs.
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VACKERTASS SUPPLY CO.
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Vackertass Supply Co. knows dogs like their sweet snooze, and the proof is in their ‘donut’ bed.
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THE KENNEL CLUB AWARDS
by Jessa Shields
The Kennel Club in London had the tough gig of choosing Dog Photographer of the Year from over 10,000 heart-melting entries.
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WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Would you say your dog’s name is original? Try testing it out against the NYC Dog Name Database. This endlessly entertaining scatter graph represents every registered dog name in the Big Apple. The larger bubbles indicate tried-and-tested classics like Bella, Max, and Daisy. Then, there are the oddballs: Fizzgig, Choncho, and Turnip. Apparently there are more pooches named Batman (19 names) than Superman (5), less Jerry (55) than George (158), and somehow, Beyoncé and Adele have managed to tie, with three names each.
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ANIMALIA AMSTERDAM
by Jessa Shields
Isabella Rozendaal wants to etch the animal citizens of Amsterdam into the city’s history books with her photography project, Animalia Amsterdam.
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DOGS OF DEMOCRACY
Athens, the birthplace of democracy, is overrun by stray dogs. Greek-Australian filmmaker Mary Zournazi captures the lives of these strays in new documentary Dogs of Democracy, and examines what they represent to citizens during a time of uncertainty and disillusionment. In particular, Zournazi’s film memorialises Loukanikos, the famous ‘riot dog’, who was often photographed barking at riot police from the front line of protests in 2010–11, and who died in 2014. Watch the trailer for Dogs of Democracy here.
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POCKET SIZE
Just like keeping a photo of your beloved in a locket, Bettina Von Zwehl’s miniature dog portraits are tiny treasures. With each image measuring a mere seven to eight centimetres in diameter, Von Zwehl’s portraits sit within a wider, matte black frame, drawing the gaze inwards and almost emulating the feeling of peering through a keyhole at the subject. The Munich-born artist’s work has recently appeared in the Winter Antiques Show in New York, Photo London, and Masterpiece London.
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SIR DOGWOOD
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Sir Dogwood stocks clothes you’ll want to keep for yourself.
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